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Category: Magic
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Snowing at night and sticking to everything, the branches of the trees, the trunks, the street lights. One of the most beautiful nights of my life, keeping me cool tonight! The Valentine's snow storm, Baltimore, 2014. What you can't see are the marvelous hardwood trees in the background, all covered…
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According to the great mythologist, Joseph Campbell, "…we cancelled the Declaration of Independence," when we entered the First World War and re-joined the chaos of Europe. He believed that it was a turning point in American politics that has led us away from idealism and onto the slippery slope of greed, "the principal…
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Sometimes we get distracted and miss something really wonderful happening right behind us. Or if we are lucky, there is a nice person there to say, "Can you see the colors in that cloud?" Oh My! Yes, I can! Thank you! St. Augustine Beach, not really…
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To be just a wet stone, or to reflect the sky above? Changing your focus can conjure up magic, like this reflection in a very shallow pool of rainwater.
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This bit of springtime magic is… at the end of this, and in a few weeks… it will unfold into that! We do that too, but it takes a lot longer to come into our magnificence. At least for me it did, does… …
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So, what do you want to do today? Walk? You know I can fly, right? Of course you do! Oh, you can too? What's metforkly?
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If you go away, and you wish for a winter wonderland, if only for the few days that you are away, and it HAPPENS(!), timed perfectly for your safe arrival. Well, the best response is… Thank You! Beautiful! Wonderful! Thank You! Baltimore's 14 inches of wonderful! (At least for this travelling…
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A Little Tribute To THE BEATLES Do you want to know a secret? I want to tell you. Here, there, and everywhere Across the universe, Your mother should know, It's only love. Wait - All you need is love. Oh Darling, Golden slumbers, Goodnight. Song titles…
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What if you are here on this beautiful, physical, gravity based planet, simply because you want to be here? You like a challenge!
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A funny thing happened when I got to the beach this evening. There were quite a few sea gulls soaking up the last rays of sunlight over there, and when I reached into my bag to get a camera to take a shot of the sky blending with the horizon, all of the gulls…